Samsung

980 PRO 500GB

980 PRO 500GB
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Effective Speed +303% Effective Speed 303%Average Score +390% Read 478%, Write 616%, 4K Read 116%, 4K Write 95%, Mixed 655%, 4K Mixed 124%, SusWrite 648%Peak Score +384% Read 506%, Write 617%, 4K Read 106%, 4K Write 108%, Mixed 649%, 4K Mixed 127%, SusWrite 577%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +343% DQ Read 481%, DQ Write 373%, DQ Mixed 469%, ADQ Read 314%, ADQ Write 249%, ADQ Mixed 341%, Age 124%, AS-SSD Total 396%

Average Bench: 397% (12^th of 1072)

Based on 314 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 500GB

Poor: 283%Average: 397% Great: 478%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 980 PRO 500GB averaged 297.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 980 PRO 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,147MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,901MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 980 PRO 500GB is 195%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 980 PRO 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 171MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 74.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 314 samples)

Rank 12397%

Min	Avg	Max
1,498	Read 2,643	3,072
1,654	Write 2,901	3,478
1,461	Mixed 2,710	3168
1,545	SusWrite 2,216	2,622
591% 2,617 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
53.3	4K Read 74.1	88.6
90.8	4K Write 171	254
68.2	4K Mixed 101	132
333% 115 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
656	DQ Read 1,350	2,131
333	DQ Write 1,008	1,695
521	DQ Mixed 1,147	1,885
866% 1,168 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 1 month ago.

573GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3027 3087 3122 2778 1563 1575 MB/s

444% Outstanding

Write 3285

Mixed 3,040

SusWrite 2,525

662% 2,933 MB/s

4K Read 79.5

4K Write 195

4K Mixed 112

368% 129 MB/s

DQ Read 1,480

DQ Write 1,202

DQ Mixed 1,319

994% 1,334 MB/s

USA-User, 29 days ago.

374GB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3263 3255 2136 1440 1434 1424 MB/s

442% Outstanding

Write 3,262

Mixed 3,014

SusWrite 2,159

632% 2,797 MB/s

4K Read 76.6

4K Write 224

4K Mixed 115

382% 138 MB/s

DQ Read 2,037

DQ Write 1,604

DQ Mixed 1,778

1,342% 1,806 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

636GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2965 3002 3054 2810 1567 1563 MB/s

422% Outstanding

Write 3,060

Mixed 2,865

SusWrite 2,494

625% 2,767 MB/s

4K Read 71.4

4K Write 174

4K Mixed 99.9

328% 115 MB/s

DQ Read 1,544

DQ Write 1,246

DQ Mixed 1,371

1,033% 1,387 MB/s

AUS-User, 1 month ago.

494GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3126 2124 1872 1869 1864 1843 MB/s

401% Outstanding

Write 3,301

Mixed 3,005

SusWrite 2,116

633% 2,804 MB/s

4K Read 76

4K Write 174

4K Mixed 106

343% 119 MB/s

DQ Read 1,264

DQ Write 1,120

DQ Mixed 1,196

896% 1,193 MB/s

TUR-User, 2 days ago.

931GB free

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2293 2297 2334 2353 2293 1698 MB/s

388% Outstanding

Write 2,342

Mixed 2,322

SusWrite 2,211

527% 2,340 MB/s

4K Read 73

4K Write 153

4K Mixed 99.9

320% 109 MB/s

DQ Read 1326

DQ Write 1,075

DQ Mixed 1,178

888% 1,193 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

558GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2870 1912 1904 1918 1915 1928 MB/s

377% Outstanding

Write 3,247

Mixed 3,009

SusWrite 2,074

632% 2,800 MB/s

4K Read 71.5

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 94.5

305% 103 MB/s

DQ Read 1,062

DQ Write 758

DQ Mixed 915

682% 912 MB/s

NZL-User, 23 days ago.

307GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2547 1795 1801 1851 1855 1574 MB/s

335% Outstanding

Write 2,964

Mixed 2,770

SusWrite 1,904

580% 2,571 MB/s

4K Read 67.9

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 85.6

278% 92.6 MB/s

DQ Read 612

DQ Write 541

DQ Mixed 559

424% 570 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

694GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5B2QGXA7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2261 2292 2238 1816 1788 1796 MB/s

321% Outstanding

Write 2,354

Mixed 2,466

SusWrite 2,032

531% 2,357 MB/s

4K Read 65.5

4K Write 50.3

4K Mixed 55.7

197% 57.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,273

DQ Write 218

DQ Mixed 420

391% 637 MB/s

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Gaming 142%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING - $149

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,461x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $185Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	3,152x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,532x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,283x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	995x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	956x

SSD
980 PRO 500GBSamsungBench 397%, 314 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	616x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	434x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	400x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $756

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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980 PRO 500GB

Average Bench: 397% (12^th of 1072)

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980 PRO 500GB

Average Bench: 397% (12th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 397% (12^th of 1072)